Lubricating means for transmission bands



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F. GAHM LUBRICATING MEANS FOR TRANSMISSION BANDS Flled SepI 26 1923 Il init: i I..

Patented july 13, 1926.

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FRANK Gaiam, or rasa-nena, cALrFonNIA, Assroflvon To vv. o. snor/Ireen, or

- rnsnlonna, CALIFORNIA.

LUBRICATING MEANS FOR TRANSMISSION BANDS.

Application filed September 26, 1923. Serial No. 664,845.r

My invention relates particularly to improved means for lubricating` the transmission bands of an automobile of the Ford` type and has as its principal object to provide a simple and eiiicient means and method of adequately lubricating these transmission bands without any consider ble change of the mechanism used therein. l y

in an automobile of' the type referred to, 50 there is a ily wheel in the transmission case which dips `into the lubricating oil in the lower part of said transmission case and throws said oil upwardly against the upper part. ot the transmission case, and particularly the cover to said. case.

The object of my invention is to provide a banle plate or iin-like member on the inner side of the top or cover of the transmission case, over the transmission bands and extending. longitudinally of the axis of the case and of the fly wheel, whereby the oil 1nrown against the same by said fly wheel will drop directly downnpon the transmission bands and thoroughly lubricate the same.

ln order to explain my invention, l have illustrated one practical embodiment thereof in the accompanying sheet of drawings, which l will now describe.

Figure 1 is a partial view, in section, of the transmission case of an automobile, showing the fly wheel, the 'transmission bands, and my invention applied thereto; Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of a cover member with the invention thereon;

Figure 3 is an end view thereof; and

Figure l is a side view thereof.

ln the drawings, 1, designates the transmission case, with the fly-wheel 2, and transmission bands, 3, 3, therein. In illustrating my invention, l have Vshown a double cover nember for the transmission case, comprising the outer member, ll, and the inner vniember 5, providing a pocket or chamber, 6, therebetween, open at its end, as at 6a, to-

other purpose, as illustrated in the patent Vto Francisco, No. 1,208,126, issued Dec. l2,

ln illustrating my invention, l have shown it in connection with such chambered cover for the transmisison, though it will be understood that it is not limited to use with such a cover, or with any cover member whatever.

As here embodied, the invention comprises a baille plate, or lin-like member, 7, having G0 a flange, 8, and secured to the cover meinber 5, by means of rivets, 8. Said baffle member, 7, extendslongitudinally of ysaid case and of the axis of the fly-wheel, and is positioned over the transmission bands, 3, 3, whereby the lubricating oil is thrown against the side oit' said baffle plate and drops down onto the transmission bands, thus thorough- Y ly lubricating them, with a minimum of ad.- ditional structure and at a minimum expense. 7U

lflilhile l have shown but one embodiment of the invention, it is evident that it can be applied in many different ways within the spirit of the invention, and l do not liinit the invention except as l may be limited by the 775 hereto appended claim.

l claim:

ln combination with a transmission case, fly-wheel and transmission bands, a cover for said transmission case, an oil catching pan suspended under the top of said transmission case to receive a reserve supply ot lubricant, and a vertically positioned deflecting plate suspended under said pan and designed to have oil thrown against its vertical side above said bands. whereby to lubricate said bands. Y

Signed at Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, this 20th day of September, 1923.

FRANK GAHM. 

